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QUEBEC ?Dara Howell topped the podium in her first ever big air competition Saturday at the final World Cup stop of the season.Howell, from Huntsville, Ont., finished with 175 points, one more than Italy s Silvia Bertagna.Megan Cressey of Red Deer, Alta., was third with 152.8 points. I just wanted to come out, do my 10, do my switch-right 7, and wherever that put me it was going to put me, said Howell, who won Olymp stanley cup ic gold in slopestyle at the 2014 Soch stanley thermos i Games. This is my first big air contest so I m happy to walk away with the win. Canada also picked up a medal in men s competition, as Teal Harle of Campbell River, B.C., finished third with 182 points.Norway s Christian Nummedal was first with 189 points, followed by Sweden s Hugo Burvall with 182.4.Kim Lamarre of Lac-Beauport, Que., whowas also making her FIS big air debut, was injured in training befo stanley thermosflasche re the women s final when she broke her left clavicle in a nasty fall.The Canadian Press Looking for National Sports News Spotlight This Puslinch property is a business owners dream! Enjoy sustainable luxury living in this stunning Net-Zero Ready home by Terra View Homes Hpvq Vaccinations reach nursing homes as California faces crisis
BANGKOK ?A court in Thailand on Tuesday sentenced a fo stanley quencher rmer civil servant to a record prison term of 43 years and six months for breaching the country s strict law on insulting or defaming the monarchy, lawyers said.The Bangkok C taza stanley riminal Court found the woman guilty on 29 counts of violating the countrys lese majeste law for posting audio clips to Facebook and YouTube with comments deemed critical of the monarchy, the group Thai Lawyers for Human Rights said.The court initially announced her sentence stanley uk as 87 years, but reduced it by half because she pleaded guilty to the offences, the group said.The sentence, which comes amid an ongoing protest movement that has seen unprecedented public criticism of the monarchy, was swiftly condemned by rights groups. Todays court verdict is shocking and sends a spine-chilling signal that not only criticisms of the monarchy wont be tolerated, but they will also be severely punished, said Sunai Phasuk, a senior researcher for the group Human Rights Watch.U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres believes its very important that people be allowed to express their right to speak freely, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Tuesday.Violating Thailand s lese majeste law ?known widely as Article 112 ?is punishable by three to 15 years imprisonment per count. The law is controversial not only because it has been used to punish things as simple as liking a post on Facebook but also because anyone ?not just royals or authorities ?can lodge a comp
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